Exposé

Bare trees reveal otherwise hidden enclaves. Look at how obvious this squirrel drey is in the harshness of winter, a shelter I can see from my bedroom window each morning.

It's a round nest of leaves, moss and twigs that squirrels usually build in the forks of trees, but the mass is usually hidden by the canopy. Bird nests would typically be built at the outer edges of the branches. This one is pretty high, as you can see from the ground level photo below:

Suddenly, their sleeping quarters are very conspicuous ...

Snow Lines

 What fun to investigate linear patterns in the snow:

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 We celebrated this number this week, a team effort

We paired it with a beef rump roast, crumbed artichokes, Hasselback potatoes, roasted mushrooms, and cheesy broccoli, served with an au jus enriched with sour cream. Key lime pie and David Bowie rounded out the evening.

Disposable Thoughts

This musing is a double entendre in my mind - is it about my thoughts being disposable? Or is it thoughts about disposables? Or is it both?

What does the word disposable mean to you? Something to throw away, right? Defined as "an article designed to be thrown away after use." Something easily tossed, and forgotten, often after a single use ...

Disposables save us the hassle of having to wash things before using them again. They're easily discarded because we have no connection to them, and therefore we use way more of them than we would if we were washing and reusing them, be it rags, gloves, cups, etc. 

But where do disposables go when they're thrown away, out of sight? They transfer from being OUR minor hassle to the planet's insurmountable problem. When they're out of sight, we don't think about them any longer, but all this so-called 'disposable' waste is accumulating in our landfills. Disposable only means we toss it, not that it goes away or vaporizes.

Everything's got to BE somewhere, it consists of matter, of materials, so when we dispose of it, it doesn't disappear.

Disposable - what a conveniently deceptive word for things of convenience ... 

Let's be more conscious of using so-called 'disposables' in 2025